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It should come as no surprise to anyone that I am not happy about the forced resignation of Brendan Eich as CEO of Mozilla.He made a 1K donation in support of California’s Proposition 8 which bans same sex marriage, in 2008. After he was promoted to CEO, the outcry over his personal views on same sex marriage came under fire & the media storm began. Add to the backdrop of this drama that 52% of Californians voted in support of Proposition 8 & it was overturned by nothing short of a SCOTUS decision. He is the latest victim of the liberal “tolerance police” and likely won’t be the last. If you are unaware of this story, here are two pieces written about it from different viewpoints here (The New Yorker) and here (Townhall). Needless to say, I have uninstalled the Mozilla Firefox browsers from all of my computers & devices.

It’s funny how many people in this country are OK with unfair discrimination as long as it’s directed towards those whom they don’t like or disagree with. That phenomenon is non-partisan. Many of my liberal friends are OK with Brendan Eich losing his job for his personal opinion on same sex marriage even though in no way did it affect his ability to do his job, nor did he treat anyone unfairly. It doesn’t bother them that someone in the IRS broke the law by revealing the list of donors. The very reason this is against the law, is to prevent the very thing they are celebrating. This law was created so that donors to the NAACP long ago wouldn’t be persecuted or lynched even, for doing so. Imagine that. It’s a huge inconsistency. So if a similar thing happens to a gay employee of a company which largely leans conservative & is against same sex marriage (and I wouldn’t be happy about that either), I don’t want to hear a peep out of the LGBT community or those who support same sex marriage. By supporting unfair discrimination towards anyone for any reason, you not only are complicit, you’re encouraging it right back towards yourselves. Be careful what you condone…